Moussy fall 2008/winter 2009 ad campaign

Top model Agyness Deyn dons her best punk pose for Moussy ad campaign. The fall 2008/winter 2009 collection of this Tokyo based label is much influenced by 80's style icon and punk-rock/new-wave darling Deborah Ann Harry.
The campaign focuses on the era's distinctive street styling: the biker leather jacket, the blazer, the long cardigan worn with colorful tights, the acid-wash jean, the bootie and the zebra print.
The silhouettes playfully mix loose cuts with body-conscious, masculine with fun, feminine details, black and white with electric blue, fuchsia and bright yellow. Oh, and let's not forget about the red hot lips.

Boho, Brogues and Bold trousers

Want to see what runway trends translated well into street fashion? First is the modern-boho look, well actually one aspect of this look: the fur gilet, which is now everywhere. But there are also other boho details like ethnic or flower prints, folksy knits, fringes, cross-body bags and flare denim jeans. Fur vests are worn with everything, my favorites look are those which match fur gilets with tartan/plaid for a country-chic vibe. Maybe not so boho (well if teamed with flower prints, like in Tokyo girl case) but more tsarina style, the fur hat is once again fresh, young and chic. Flat brogues/wingtips is one of those cool trends forwarded by fashion models. Girls everywhere wear these shoes with almost everything from dresses, skirts, skinny jeans to the latest trousers.Bold trousers: and speaking of which, harem/dhoti/carrot pants, or whatever are they called, loose hips-narrow ankles pants take over the fashion world as the must-have fall 2008/winter 2009 item. These new trousers make the entire outfit, really.

EX POT REVENGE HARAJUKU PUNK ROCK SHOP: PINK PLAID SKIRTS, STUDDED BELTS.

It's book deadline crunch time, so blogging will be somewhat light until the end of the month... but I'll make up for it with extremely decadent adventures in Los Angeles, you can count on it!Until then, I'll be posting the rest of my Harajuku Lolita shop photos. The store designs are consistently creative and suit the spirit of the fashion. If I had to pick just one as my favorite, it would be Sex Pot Revenge (located on a sidestreet of Takeshita Doori). You descend into what feels like a bordello...The neon lights are in your face, and the F-word is everywhere you turn.Sex Pot Revenge has further extended its tentacles through the Japanese underground by producing a free music mag and collaborating with Visual Kei / J-rock artists like Antic Cafe, Stance Punks, and Under Code Production (Phantasmagoria, Vidoll, 12012). Lusting after this pink plaid punk puff skirt? No need to buy a plane ticket to Japan: you can purchase Sex Pot Revenge items through CD Japan.

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Shoot shoot shooting 24/7.

Some of you might be excited that I am going to make this blog a little more focused on what I am doing here in NYC, some maybe not so much. Heh. Yes, screw everyone and everything else I’m taking over and the blog is all about ME. Wait, I’ve always been in charge. Who is Reese you might be asking? Well… in time you’ll find out. Till then just read, and enjoy the fun I share from a fashion stylists stand point. I’m going to be reporting on my projects and shoots, I’ll even post photos every now and then. Personally, there are a ton of fashion blogs out there but not many blogs giving you info about what happens BEHIND the actual photo. Intriguing don’t you think?

Keeping Street Fashion Fresh

One of the biggest problems with any great style is if it becomes too popular it becomes a trend. This isn’t necessarily horrible, but in most cases, and in most places, trends can ruin the feeling of originality people have when they create their own style. Honestly, there’s probably not many original things people can come up with anymore which is why printed t-shirts featuring original art manage to maintain popularity. Fashion can imitate art but not all art is wearable like it is if its on a t-shirt. There are designers that really push the bar and make things completely unwearable, but we don’t walk about them here.-shirts and unwearable art fashion aren’t ideal modes of expression for everyone, at least not the only mode. Revitalized fashion is my favorite kind of original idea but sometimes this also becomes a mass marketed trend soon after some awesome person brings it back to life. For example a designer brought back stirrup pants a couple seasons ago and before she released the next line, American Apparel had them too. No ones saying they stole the idea from her of course but it’s funny how fashion works like that. Trends sneak up on you, maybe you saw something out of the corner of your eye or on a re-aired episode of 21 Jump Street, but so did someone else. One trick to designing things that cannot be reproduced quite like yours, is to make them damn good and somehow identifiable as yours. Marketing your style a certain way is key as well. Photos of your fashion pinned up against a white wall with no model, no interesting lighting, no unique location etc, can make your stuff look about as interesting as bread. The fight for originality is the same for music and photography as well. It seems like almost everyone’s band sounds like someone else and photos really need to be surprising to be new to the public eye. This is why personal style is the only way to save the future of music, fashion and art.